Lets hear some pet peeves...(probably been done before)
01-11-2010, 03:41 PM
#21
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People that go to all you can eat buffets & leave the table looking like a bunch of pigs ate there. Also let their children throw food & make messes on the floor. I always clean up after my little ones. My kids laugh at me because I clean up the table & put all the trash on a plate & as I put it, police the area.
01-11-2010, 03:45 PM
#22
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Kids running amok..people who eat while wandering around shopping centres...mobile phones going off every five minutes while people are visiting or sitting to dine...rudeness and generally people who forget their please and thank-yous....Oh gosh, my list is endless....sorry for the rant...just getting old and grumpy I guess.
01-11-2010, 03:50 PM
#23
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Chewing gun spit out - on the street, sidewalk, under a table - anywhere but properly thrown away. Just gross.
Quilting peeve - when you buy a kit and wash the fabric and it shrinks too much to make the pattern. Makes me go grrr.
Quilting peeve - when you buy a kit and wash the fabric and it shrinks too much to make the pattern. Makes me go grrr.
01-11-2010, 03:57 PM
#25
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01-11-2010, 04:02 PM
#26
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Ditto
Originally Posted by ckcslowe
People blocking the aisle at Costco so that they can get that bite of whatever. Not using turn signals. Parents not parenting and wondering why their children are horrible.
01-11-2010, 04:05 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by JJs
well, I live in the middle of the 'pine belt' where trees, just like soybeans, wheat, corn, etc, are grown as a CROP - from seedling to paper mill = 12 years.... the terrain is not conducive to "regular" crops - lots of hills and hollers, ridges and valleys, and pine trees make a great 'crop' - the trees go to the lumber yards or pulp mills.. the lumber yards are mostly closed now because of the housing crises - so trees are only going to the pulp mills, which have also gone down, the unemployment rate here is around 19%...
so go ahead and wad up those napkins - keep somebody in a job....
I guess one of my pet peeves is people automatically assuming that all paper products come from beautiful forests being decimated instead of a cash crop....
Agreed! We have that here in Arkansas as well. And, since Global Warming is in the hot seat for fraud right now, we can at least have less of a guilty conscience 'bout it. LOL!
oh, and after clearcutting (which mostly is NOT done here) replanting is usually done within a month or so - so in another 12 years, there's another crop...
so go ahead and wad up those napkins - keep somebody in a job....
I guess one of my pet peeves is people automatically assuming that all paper products come from beautiful forests being decimated instead of a cash crop....
Agreed! We have that here in Arkansas as well. And, since Global Warming is in the hot seat for fraud right now, we can at least have less of a guilty conscience 'bout it. LOL!
oh, and after clearcutting (which mostly is NOT done here) replanting is usually done within a month or so - so in another 12 years, there's another crop...
01-11-2010, 04:08 PM
#28
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Location: Central Arkansas - Conway Area
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My pet peeves are:
Chewing or eating with mouth open; smacking with food in mouth; not saying 'excuse me' when you bump into me accidentally at the store. Not opening doors for Seniors; not using turn signals; not waving 'thanks' when someone lets you out of a long line of traffic; people in the fast lane on the Interstate doing LESS than the stated speed limit; unruly children....
I could go on, but these are certainly at the top of my list!
Chewing or eating with mouth open; smacking with food in mouth; not saying 'excuse me' when you bump into me accidentally at the store. Not opening doors for Seniors; not using turn signals; not waving 'thanks' when someone lets you out of a long line of traffic; people in the fast lane on the Interstate doing LESS than the stated speed limit; unruly children....
I could go on, but these are certainly at the top of my list!
01-11-2010, 04:11 PM
#29
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I agree with Shadow Dancer, I get really upset when I go to a nice restaurant and people let their kids squeal and yell and run all over the place. And yet if they get hurt, then the parents want to sue the restaurant.
01-11-2010, 04:24 PM
#30
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
Mine is hearing Massachusetts, and February mispronounced, and when someone says 7am in the morning. 7am IS in the morning.
Another one for me is people (mostly kids I think) say "like" all the time...like it drives me like completely like NUTS!...lol
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